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S vs Epiphyte - What's the difference?

s | epiphyte |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun epiphyte is

(botany) a plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    epiphyte

    English

    (wikipedia epiphyte)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.
  • * 1848 , John Lindley, A notice of some species of Rhododendron inhabiting Borneo'', ''Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society , Volume 3, page 88,
    • It has been suggested to me that these fine plants will not prove cultivable, because they are epiphytes'.The probability however is, that they do not require to be treated as ' epiphytes , and that, like orchids, they will grow better if committed judiciously to the earth.
  • * 1893 , Natural Science: A Monthly Review of Scientific Progress , Volume 3, page 185,
    • The nature of the surface of a plant also determines the number and sort of Epiphytes which lodge on it.

    Related terms

    * saprophyte